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(Yahoo)   2003: "President Bush is an idiot for failing to talk about root causes of Mideast violence." 2006: "President Bush is an idiot for talking about root causes of Mideast violence"   (news.yahoo.com) divider line
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dgc360
2006-07-26 2:50:57 PM  
submitter: 2003: "President Bush is an idiot for failing to talk about root causes of Mideast violence." 2006: "President Bush is an idiot for talking about root causes of Mideast violence"


submitter, I think the point of the article is more about the flip-flopping of the attitude towards "root causes", not about Bush talking/not talking about the root causes of Mideast violence.

Unless you just wanted to be snarky.
 
PastorofMuppets
2006-07-26 2:53:31 PM  
I think the point of the article is more about the flip-flopping of the attitude towards "root causes", not about Bush talking/not talking about the root causes of Mideast violence.

Unless you just wanted to be snarky.

I was here to say the same thing. I see this must be "let's put words in people's mouths and greelight the article" day.
 
NuttierThanEver
2006-07-26 2:55:17 PM  
I think the point is elchip is that Bush is using the "root causes" arguement is really just a stall tactic that prevents him from having to tell the Israelis they've gone far enough.
 
KIA
2006-07-26 2:55:58 PM  
I think it's high time we reinstated "reading for comprehension" exams in public schools. Submitter fails to grasp what the article was attempting to say: Conservatives have ridiculed liberals for wanting to discuss "root causes" of crime and conflicts up until now, when suddenly Pres. Bush doesn't want a cease fire until the "root cause" of the conflict is dealt with. Abandoning a position for convenience is hypocrisy of the first order. Of course, failing to apply logic and rational thought to problem-solving is a major shortcoming as well.
 
gweilo8888
2006-07-26 2:58:56 PM  
This thread is flamebait, and obvious at that.

/nothing to see here, move along
 
BunkoSquad
2006-07-26 2:59:55 PM  
Me, 2001: "President Bush is an idiot"
Me, 2002: "President Bush is an idiot"
Me, 2003: "President Bush is an idiot"
Me, 2004: "President Bush is an idiot"
Me, 2005: "President Bush is an idiot"
Me, 2006: "President Bush is an idiot"
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2006-07-26 3:02:21 PM  
dgc360: Unless you just wanted to be snarky.

On Fark? Perish the thought!
 
HumbleGod
2006-07-26 3:04:39 PM  
Wow, smitty entirely missed the point of that article paragraph.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2006-07-26 3:12:58 PM  
Is this the same Harry Shearer who does all the voice work on the Simpsons?

/just wondering how that qualifies him to comment on... well, anything
 
rocker5969
2006-07-26 3:24:08 PM  
The CraneMeister: just wondering how that qualifies him to comment on... well, anything

probably the same qualifications that allow you to comment on ...well, anything.
 
MaxxLarge
2006-07-26 3:26:11 PM  
So, basically we're just splitting hairs over the particulars of WHY he's an idiot...But we seem to have pretty well established that he is.

Works for me.
 
st_gulik
2006-07-26 3:37:15 PM  
The CraneMeister: /just wondering how that qualifies him to comment on... well, anything

Hey, we have low standards around here, most people think you're a falacious pile of unintelligable elephant dung, but the mods let you comment here anyways.
 
Puppeteer_23
2006-07-26 3:42:57 PM  
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Abagadro
2006-07-26 3:44:25 PM  
If you aren't listening to Shearer's Le Show on public radio, you are missing out.

You can get streams/downloads of it here:

Le Show (pops)
 
h3lx
2006-07-26 4:01:48 PM  
That leaves only one conclusion... President Bush is an idiot. Next topic.
 
Gabbo is Fabbo
2006-07-26 4:07:50 PM  
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the_gospel_of_thomas
2006-07-26 4:10:41 PM  
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ViceCapades
2006-07-26 4:17:15 PM  
How DARE Harry Shearer, some has-been writer for television and media for 30+ years, who has written movies and television shows and studied culture, history and media for decades. How dare he have AN OPINION?!

Now you CraneMeister, we all know your opinion is far superior, considering the years of service you've provided to... um, masturbating? And the countless decades of experience you have in... maintaining your ignorance despite being overwhelmed with multiple sources of information... yes we want to know what you think, not some famous, world-wise, world traveller who has decades of experience in media and various cultures.
 
RocketRod
2006-07-26 4:18:48 PM  
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Of course this poof had nothing to do with it over 40 years ago.

/don't care if you're a poof
//most folks don't know he was a poof
///and a lousy motorcycle rider
 
eden express
2006-07-26 4:28:59 PM  
Bad analogy, IMO. However I have loved Mr. Shearer ever since I saw him compete in Men's Synchronized Swimming back in the 80s.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2006-07-26 4:47:52 PM  
ViceCapades: How DARE Harry Shearer, some has-been writer for television and media for 30+ years, who has written movies and television shows and studied culture, history and media for decades. How dare he have AN OPINION?!

Now you CraneMeister, we all know your opinion is far superior, considering the years of service you've provided to... um, masturbating?

Interesting. Other than Shearer's voiceover work on the Simpsons, I don't know anything about him. Didn't know if he did a lot of political commentary or if this is another celebrity jumping in simply because he can. And my apologies if, as was apparently the case, it seemed I was slamming the dude.

But you did a great job of illustrating yourself how silly it looks to assume the worst about someone when you know almost nothing. Appreciate it!
 
blessthe40oz
2006-07-26 5:27:39 PM  
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/flame on
 
inglixthemad
2006-07-26 6:07:10 PM  
Proper headline:

President Bush, ridiculer of root causes, now seeks the root cause of Mideast Violence.

Smitty or Greenlighter should RTFA.
 
rppp01a
2006-07-26 6:07:45 PM  
///and a lousy motorcycle rider

One lousy accident and someone gets labeled. Sheesh.
He called it. 80 years ago.
 
Theaetetus
2006-07-26 6:07:56 PM  
Uh... Subby needs a cockpunch. Two, actually.
One for misrepresenting the article.
And another for posting an article that's only one paragraph.

/anything longer gets subby's lips tired
 
twilson2
2006-07-26 6:10:00 PM  
Remember a-hole shrub talkin about root causes

"They hate us cause we're free"

Yeah wasn't that brilliant
 
twilson2
2006-07-26 6:13:59 PM  
>> just wondering how that qualifies him to comment on... well, anything

Yeah why can't people we disagree with be stripped of their right to free speech.

Sounds reasonable to me.

And remember they hate us cause were free
 
onomatopoetic
2006-07-26 6:14:30 PM  
Why are qualifications being discussed? Televised news programs, the "blogosphere", and the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal have conclusively demonstrated that any half-wit can not only engage in political commentary but make a living at it.
 
twilson2
2006-07-26 6:15:57 PM  
>> You ever think the right will learn that there are other ways to deal with others other than blowing them up?

In other words to you think right wingers have the brain power to learn

If they did they wouldn't be right wingers.
 
Kuta
2006-07-26 6:24:06 PM  
Too little. Too late.

Except for Halliburton and oil companies.
 
This thread is GWB without pics
2006-07-26 6:25:13 PM  
BunkoSquad [TotalFark]

Don't forget:
Me, 2007: "President Bush is an idiot"
Me, 2008: "President Bush is an idiot"
 
onomatopoetic
2006-07-26 6:27:12 PM  
Also,

/just wondering how that qualifies him to comment on... well, anything

Is this like a straw man combined with an ad hominem and a non-sequitor tacked on the end? You should've tried to work a begging-the-question fallacy in there too. B+.
 
Unright
2006-07-26 6:31:36 PM  
Somebody said something!

Everybody who I group together with that person must have the opinion!

/Submitter is a tard.
//All submitters are tards...?
 
Executive Monkey
2006-07-26 6:43:20 PM  
You have to admit that whether or not the writer's reasoning is correct, his conclusion is dead accurate.
 
Torc
2006-07-26 6:53:27 PM  
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DEREK FARKING SMALLS HAS SPOKEN.
 
neonrisk
2006-07-26 7:26:25 PM  
POLITICIANS USE WORDS?

/!
 
mylonitic
2006-07-26 7:31:37 PM  
Perhaps Smitty is trying to point out that Pres. Bush's idiocy is wholly unrelated to his talking about the root causes of Mideast violence.
 
mfaby
2006-07-26 8:51:46 PM  
Bunksquad says:
Me, 2001: "President Bush is an idiot"
Me, 2002: "President Bush is an idiot"
Me, 2003: "President Bush is an idiot"
Me, 2004: "President Bush is an idiot"
Me, 2005: "President Bush is an idiot"
Me, 2006: "President Bush is an idiot"


Seems to ME that someone is 'stuck on stupid' and it
ain't Bush.

Or me.
 
SmellsLikeRoastedGod
2006-07-26 8:59:57 PM  
mfaby: Or me.


Nope, it seems an accurate (if glib) summary of Bush Jr's presidency.
 
Scrotar
2006-07-26 9:15:40 PM  
You'd think strawmen would avoid flamewars. Maybe they're upset about Tibet.
 
Aexia
2006-07-27 12:09:03 AM  
Wait a second, is Bush actually talking about the root causes of violence in the Middle East? Or is he just saying it'd be kind of neat if we did and - LOOK OVER THERE!
 
grytpype-thynne
2006-07-27 12:11:46 AM  
What Bush means by "root causes" is there are still a lot of Arabs who don't want to submit to US/Israeli rule.
 
kregh99
2006-07-27 1:02:05 AM  
Me, since announced his candidacy: "Bush is an idiot."
 
kregh99
2006-07-27 1:03:03 AM  
I refuse to address this farktard as "President."
 
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